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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ăch'er-set, n. p. 14An ancient measure of corn, supposed to be about eight bushels. Encyc. Brit.A-chiēv'a-ble, a. p. 14Capable of being performed. Barrow.A-chiēv'ançe, n. p. 14Achievement; performance. Elyot.A-chiēve', v. t. p. 14To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish. “Thou hast achieved our liberty.” Milton. Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in…A-chiēve'ment, n. p. 14The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object. 2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor or boldness. [The exploits]…A-chiēv'er, n. p. 14One who achieves.Ā'chi-ōte, n. p. 14See ANOTTO.Ăch'la-my̆d'e-oŭs, a. p. 14(Bot.) Naked; having no floral envelope. Lindley.A-chō'li-a, n. p. 14(Med.) Deficiency, or want of, bile. Dunglison.A'chor, n. p. 14(Med.) The scald head, a disease forming scaly eruptions on the hairy scalp, mostly of young children. Hooper.Ăch'ro-măt'ic, a. p. 14(Opt.) Free from color; not showing color from the decomposition of light; as, an achromatic lens or telescope. Achromatic lens, a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and a…Ach'ro-mat'ic'i-ty, n. p. 14Same as ACHROMATISM.A chrō'ma-tism, n. p. 14The state of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens. Nichol.A-chrō'ma-tize, v. t. p. 14To deprive of color.A·chrōn'ic·al, a. p. 14See ACRONICAL.A-çĭc'ū-lā, n. p. 14(Nat. Hist.) One of the spines or prickles of some animals and plants.A-cic'ū-lar, a. p. 14Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; having sharp points like needles. Loudon.A-cic'ū-lar-ly, adv. p. 14In an acicular manner; in the manner of needles, or prickles.A-çiç'ū-late or A-çiç'ū-lā/ted, a. p. 14In the form of a needle; acicular. Lindley.A-çic'ū-li-fōrm, a. p. 14Having the form of needles.Ăç'id, a. p. 14Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar; as, acid fruits or liquors.Ăç'id, n. p. 14A sour substance. 2. (Chem.) (a.) An electro-negative substance having the properties of combining with alkalies and alkaline oxyds, of reddening most blue vegetable colors, and usually with a…Ăç'id-ĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 14Containing acids, or an acid.A·çīd'i-fi'a·ble, a. p. 14Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.A-çid/i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 14The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.A·cid'i·fi'er, n. p. 14(Chem.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, &c.A-çid'i-fy, v. t. p. 14To make acid; specifically, to convert into an acid, chemically so called, by combination with any substance.Ăç'id-im'e-ter, n. p. 14An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids, or the quantity of real acid contained in a free state in liquids. Ure.Ăc'id-im'e-try, n. p. 14The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact, that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of…A-çĭd'i-ty, n. p. 14The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon-juice.Ăç'id-ness, n. p. 14The quality of being sour; acidity.A-çĭd'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 14To make acid in a moderate degree. Arbuthnot.A-çĭd'ū-lā'ted, p. a. p. 14Tinged with an acid.A-çĭd'ū-loŭs, a. p. 14Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, acidulous sulphate. Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain carbonic acid. Brande.Ăç'i-fōrm, a. p. 14Shaped like a needle.Ăç'i-nā'ceoūs, a. p. 14Full of kernels.A·cin'a·cēs, n. p. 14A short, straight dagger, worn on the right side by the Medes, Persians, &c. Wm. Smith.Ăç'i-nāç'i-fōrm, a. p. 14(Bot.) Formed like, or resembling, a scimeter. Loudon.A-çin'i-fōrm, a. p. 14Having the form of a cluster of grapes or of a grape-stone; full of small kernels. Parr.Ac'i-nōse or Ac'i-noüs, a. p. 14Consisting of minute granular concretions. Kirwan.Ăç'i-nŭs, n. p. 14(Anat.) One of the granular masses, which, by their reunion, constitute certain glands, as the pancreas and the liver. 2. (Bot.) (a.) One of the small grains which make up some kinds of fruit, as the…Ăç'i-pĕn'ser, n. p. 14(Ichth.) A genus of cartilaginous fishes having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under surface. It includes the sturgeon. Dana.Ăç'i-ûr'ġy, n. p. 14Operative surgery.Ac-knōw', v. t. p. 14To know; to recognize. [Obs.] “You will not be acknown, sir.” B. Jonson. To be acknown of, or on, to acknowledge. [Obs.] Shak. We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his…Acknowl'edge, v. t. p. 15To own, avow, admit, or confess a knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Ps. li. 3. 2. To…Ac-knōw'ledg-er, n. p. 15One who acknowledges.Ae·knōwl’edg-ment, n. p. 15The act of acknowledging; avowal; owning; confession; as, the acknowledgment of a fault. 2. The act of owning or recognizing with particular regard, or in a particular character. Immediately upon the…A-clin'ic, a. p. 15Without inclination; — said of the magnetic equator, or the line near the earth's equator on which the magnetic needle is exactly horizontal, and has no dip. August.Ăc'me, n. p. 15The top or highest point; the summit. The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor. 2. (Med.) The crisis of a…Æ'mite, n. p. 15A mineral of the augite family, occurring in long, pointed crystals, of a dark brownish color, and a bright and somewhat resinous luster. Dana.A'cne, n. p. 15A pustular affection of the skin.A-cock'bill, adv. p. 15(Naut.) Hanging at the cat-head ready for letting go, as an anchor. Totten.A-cōld, adv. p. 15Cold. “Poor Tom’s a-cold.” [Obs.] Shak.A-eōl'-o-gy, n. p. 15The doctrine of remedies, or the materia medica.Ae'o-lyte or Ae'o-lyth, n. p. 15One who attends or accompanies; a companion; an associate. “With such chiefs, and with James and John as acolytes.” Motley. 2. (Astron.) An attendant or companion star. 3. (Eccl. Hist.) An inferior…A-eòl'y-thist, n. p. 15An acolyte. [Obs.]Ae'o-nite, n. p. 15(Bot.) The herb wolf’s-bane, or monk’s-hood, a plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous. It belongs to the Hellebore tribe. Shak.A-cōn'i-tine, n. p. 15(Chem.) A poisonous vegetable principle or alkaloid, extracted from the aconite;—called also aconita. Brande.A·côn′ti·as, n. p. 15Anciently, a snake, called dart-snake, which was said to coil itself on trees and dart down on persons passing by; now, a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards, one species of which (A.…A-côp', adv. p. 15Acontias meleagris. At the top. [Obs.] Johnson.